Abdolhossein Hazhir

Abdolhossein Hazhir (1899-5 November 1949) was Prime Minister of Iran from 13 June to 9 November 1948, succeeding Ebrahim Hakimi and preceding Mohammad Sa'ed.

Biography
Abdolhossein Hazhir was born in 1899 in Kashan, Persia to a Baha'i family. Hazhir served as Minister of the Royal Court ten times under the monarchs of Iran, including Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; he also served as Prime Minister from 13 June to 9 November 1948. On 5 November 1949, while serving as Minister of the Royal Court, he was assassinated in Tehran by Sayyed Hosein Emami Esfahani, a member of Fada'iyan-e Islam.